Club Rugby
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMaynard aiming to sink his old mates
Premiership Final preview By ROB COLE Cardiff Llandovery v Today, Kick-off 5.15pm JACK Maynard helped Cardiff to win the Premiership title...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoThe Rocks edge out Rumney to lift title
National 1 round-up ST PETER’S held their nerve to win 17-7 at Rhydyfelin to pick up the points they needed to...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoGalthie’s message of hope to top 100
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWestern Province stake claim
Currie Cup round-up Western Province staked their claim for the Currie Cup playoffs by beating the defending champions Pumas 22-14. The...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Champions Cup final preview
357 days and 62 matches later, the Heineken Champions Cup final is poised for a hugely-anticipated rematch as Leinster take on...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Challenge Cup final preview
The word “historic” is often overused when it comes to sporting triumphs, but there can be no doubt that will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBarnes fears impact of social media on grassroots referees
Wayne Barnes believes that ignoring social media is the best way for referees to operate, but is also concerned that online...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSharks end 17-year wait to reach Premiership Final
By Nick Powell, Online Editor Sale Sharks………………………………21 Tries: Roebuck 20, Reed 64 Conversions: Ford 21 Penalties: Ford 47, 57, 69 Leicester...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaracens on track for sixth Prem title
By GARY FITZGERALD Mark McCall hailed “outstanding and controlled” Owen Farrell after the England star pulled the strings at StoneX Stadium...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMorgan: Move away from culture of debt
By LUKE JARMYN Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan has called for a complete refocus so rugby can move away from a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPut an independent person in charge – Goode
Alex Goode, who this week signed a contract extension at Saracens, has called on Premiership Rugby to provide “clarity” and “certainty”....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSalary cap hurting, not helping – Biggar
By BEN JAYCOCK Dan Biggar feels the Premiership’s exodus of players to France is a result of the league’s reduced salary...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKelly ready to work hard for starting place
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle's new recruit John Kelly has come a long way from working as a nightclub doorman in Plymouth,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBath battle back to grab elite spot
By PAUL REES The final round of the regular Premiership season boiled down to who would claim England’s final place in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSteward: Wiggy’s the main driver
By ADAM HATHAWAY Richard Wigglesworth, the Leicester interim head coach, is not happy taking the plaudits for Tigers’ resurrection but Freddie...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks keen to get Veainu back in Prem
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale Sharks are set to bring former Leicester fullback Telusa...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester swoop for Kata
NEIL FISSLER Leicester have snapped up Solomone Kata, who is leaving Exeter after only one season when his contract runs out...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLudlam: It hurts to miss out on history
Deflated Saints flanker Lewis Ludlam was left emotionally exhausted at the end of a pulsating but ultimately losing contest where the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattling Saracens seize the moment
By PAUL REES Saracens .......................... 38pts Tries: Maitland 5, 21; van Zyl 29, Penalty 70, Malins 75 Conversions: Farrell 6, 22,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoebuck aims to rise high for Sale
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m proud we stuck together, says Leicester’s Montoya
By PAUL REES Julian Montoya, who leads Leicester in today’s Premiership playoff semi-final at Sale, is proud the team stuck together...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCarpenter washes stress away
By PAUL REES SALE full-back Joe Carpenter only made his Premiership debut in October, but he starts today’s semifinal and has...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCrowley has final say in epic contest
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster .............................16pts Tries: Beirne 45...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoConnacht go close but Stormers finish off in style
By JOHN FALLON Stormers.......... 43pts Tries: Libbok 28, 33, Davids 16, de Wet 65, Theunissen 77, Nel 80 Conversions: Libbok 17,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSecond tier clubs are ready to play tough
The Championship clubs have taken a long time to become a coherent collective voice for change – with promotion and relegation...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoMiotti can be the main man for Glasgow – McDowall
By BRYN PALMER Domingo Miotti can step up and fill the boots of banned fly-half Tom Jordan as Glasgow aim to...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoNow it’s Ealing’s turn to celebrate
By XANDER CHEVALLIER For the second year in the row, Ealing Trailfinders were crowned Championship Cup winners after a thrilling victory...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoDoris looking for revenge against La Rochelle
By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoGott in charge to steer Navy home
By ROGER PANTING Jordan Gott produced the performance of his life to steer the Navy to the Inter-Services title with a...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoTownsend staying on
GREGOR Townsend has signed a contract extension to remain Scotland head coach until April 2026. Townsend, 50, has been in charge...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoStop Wasps, say fans
A WORCESTER Warriors fans’ group has urged the RFU to stop Wasps’ bid to play at Sixways. Wasps owner Chris Holland...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoSorrowful shadow blights the game
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW FOR month after miserable month, Welsh rugby had been crying out for someone...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoFollow me! Carling to lead the way in charity relay for MND
Clubs in the north are needed to help complete The Longest Try’s relay around Great Britain WILL Carling will run the...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoTrials get WR backing
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Rugby has unanimously approved a recommendation that unions participate in trials of ‘belly tackles’ in the community game...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoBrown for Gloucester
NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER have appointed James Lightfoot Brown as their attack coach. The 29-year-old has spent the last eight years coaching...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoLancashire make sure in the end
Hert’shire .......39 Lancashire ... 44 By BRIAN QUINN It was nip and tuck for 80 minutes but Lancashire came out on...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoPocklington the star for Yorkshire
Yorkshire .......80 Cheshire ........ 19 By KIERAN FREE Yorkshire didn’t take their foot off the gas after last week’s convincing win...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSouthworth makes it count for Cornwall
By MO SHER Hampshire .........20pts Tries: Carr 20, Fletcher 35, Perkins 77 Conversions: Fieldsend 78 Penalty: Searle 60 Cornwall ............ 24pts...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoProp Young powers over to seal it for Kent
Kent ................ 43 Somerset ......... 7 By LUKE JARMYN Loosehead Billy Young powered over for Kent’s sixth try in the final...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoStaffordshire can’t keep up as Durham go through the gears
Division 2 North Durham ........... 48 Staff’shire ......28 By NATHAN EDWARDS Durham fought off Staffordshire’s late surge to continue their flawless...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoCumbria edge Northumberland to keep Twickenham dream alive
By DAVID SMITH North’land ...... 19 Cumbria .......... 21 Two tries by Aspatria winger Joe Beaty along with two penalties by...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoEastern Counties survive Leics onslaught
By RUSS CLARKE Eastern C ........ 31 Leic’shire ....... 12 Eastern Counties came out on top of a thrilling game which...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHolliday holds his nerve at the death
E Midlands .....23 N Midlands ..... 21 By KEITH BATEMAN East Midlands came out on top of this vital top of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoGloucestershire hit 50 to stay in the hunt for final spot
Glouc’shire ....52 Berkshire ........ 10 By ROB COUCH Gloucestershire revived their campaign in stunning fashion by thrashing Berkshire at Newent keeping...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoTen-try Dorset and Wilts hammer Devon
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Dorset & Wilts ..66 Devon ................. 0 Dorset & Wiltshire crushed Devon by running in ten tries and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSussex and Essex set up deciding clash
Bill Beaumont Cup By MO SHER Division 3 round-up ESSEX and Sussex both picked up back-to-back wins in Pool Two to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoBristol enjoy road trip
Sale...........................24 Bristol.......................49 By JESSICA TOLKIEN Bristol got seven up to secure a fine win on the road against Sale at Heywood...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoQuins go on rampage
Harlequins.............. 80 Wasps......................... 7 By MATT MERRITT A swashbuckling seven tries in the first 40 minutes set the pace for a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoThompson at the double
Worcester...............48 DMP Sharks.............. 7 By SAM BYTHEWAY Worcester Warriors secured their sixth win of the season with a comprehensive victory over...
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